CURRICULUM VITAE

CASEY D. BLITT, M.D.


PERSONAL

Date of Birth: December 4, 1941

Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona

Marital Status: Married, two children


EDUCATION

1963 - Bachelor of Science
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

1963 -1967- Doctor of Medicine
University of Oregon
Portland, OR

POST GRADUATE TRAINING

1967 - 1968 - Internship
Santa Barbara County & Cottage Hospitals
Santa Barbara, CA

1968 - 1970 - Residency, Anesthesiology
University of CA
Los Angeles, CA

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Licensure:
Arizona Medical License (current)
California Medical License (current)


Certification:
Diplomate American Board of Anesthesiology
Fellow American College of Anesthesiology
National Board of Medical Examiners
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Instructor)
Certified Health Care Risk Manager, University of Chicago

ANESTHESIOLOGY PRACTICE

1972 - 1983 - Assistant, Associate, Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Tucson, AZ

1983 - Present Anesthesiologist
Old Pueblo Anesthesia
5700 E. Pima St.
Suite E
Tucson, AZ 85712

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

Tucson Medical Center
El Dorado Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
Northwest Hospital

MEDICAL STAFF ACTIVITIES

1970 - Chief Resident
UCLA Medical Center

1970 - 1971 - Chief, Anesthesiology & Operative Service
85th Evacuation Hospital, Phu Bai, Vietnam

1971-1972 - Anesthesiologist
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco, CA


UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER:

1973 - 1983 Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
1974 - 1983 Product Review Committee
1979 - 1983 Fringe Benefits Committee, Chair
1976 - 1983 Hearing Committee, Chair
1979 - 1983 Clinical Competence Committee (Anesthesia), Chair
1979 - 1983 Human Subjects Committee

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE:

1979 - 1982 Admissions Committee
1979 - 1981 Student Progress Committee
1975 - 1976 Curriculum Committee
1976 - 1979 Committee of Nine
1977 - 1983 Promotion and Tenure (Department)

TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER:

1988 - 1990 Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
1986 - 1988 Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
1984 - 1986 Chair, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
1988 - 1990 Medical Executive Committee
1990 -         Present Director of Risk Management, Anesthesia
1990 - 1999 Professional Affairs Committee
1990 -         Present Medical Director, Surgery Services

EL DORADO MEDICAL CENTER

1985 - 1989 Chief, Anesthesiology
1985 - 1989 Surgical Department Executive Committee

MILITARY SERVICE

1970 - 1971 United States Army, Republic of Vietnam
Bronze Star

1971 - 1972 Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco, CA

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

NATIONAL:

1972 -         Present American Medical Association
1980 - 1982 ASRA Workshop Committee
1991 -         Present SAMBA Committee on Education, Committee on By-Laws
1985 -         Present Associate Examiner, American Board of Anesthesiology
1983 - 1987 FDA Advisory Committee for Anes. & Life Support Drugs
1987 - 1991 Consultant FDA Advisory Committee for Anes. & Life Support Drugs
1978 - 1983 Association of University Anesthetists
1981 -         Present Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
                  Site Inspector anesthesia Residency Programs

1977 - 1991 Program Chair, Biennial Western Conference on Anes
1996 -
        Present Best Doctors in America, Pacific Edition

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS:

1977 - 1989 Delegate
1988 - 1989 Alternate Director, District 21
1989 -         Present Director, District 21
1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, Member, Reference Committee
1991, 1993, 1994 Chair, Reference Committee
1989 - 1991 BOD Committee on Scientific Affairs
1991 -         Present BOD Committee on Legislative Review
1992 - 1995 Chair, BOD Committee on Legislative Review
1972 - 1983 Arizona Liaison, Student Preceptorship Program
1977 - 1987 Scientific Exhibits Committee
1981 - 1983,1985 - 1986 Chair, Scientific Exhibits Committee
1985 -          Present Committee on Regional & Metropolitan Refresher Courses
1993 -          Present Chair, Regional & Metropolitan Refresher Courses
1988 -          Present Committee on Patient Safety & Risk Management
1977 - 1981  Refresher Course Lecturer, Annual Meeting
1980            Monitoring Workshop Coordinator, Annual Meeting
1989 -          Present BOD, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
1990 -          Present Executive Committee, Anesthesia Patient Safety Found.
1992 -          Present Treasurer, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
1991 - 1992  Member of Difficult Airway Task Force
1990 - 1992,1994 Multiple Annual Meeting Section Subcommittees, Patient Safety, Epidemiology, Education
1996 -          Present Task Force on Practice Parameters: Prevention of Peripheral Nerve Injury

STATE OF ARIZONA:

1972 -         Present Arizona Medical Association
1985 - 1988 Alternate Delegate ArMA
1989 - 1991 Delegate ArMA
1974 - 1976 Board of Directors ARMPAC
1974 - 1976 ArMA Health Manpower Committee, Member
1974 - 1976 Medical Malpractice Panel, AZ Supreme Court
1976 - 1977, 1979 - 1983 ArMA Underwriting Review Committee
1978 - 1982 Recovery Room Nurses Association Committee
1980 -         Chair, Recovery Room Nurses Assoc. Committee
1992 -         Present ArMA Articles of Incorporation & By-Laws Committee

ARIZONA SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS:

1977 -         Present Board of Directors
1974 -         Present Annual Meeting Program Committee
1974 - 1979, 1981 - 1986 Scientific Program Chair
1977 - 1978 Vice President
1978 - 1979 President Elect
1979 - 1980 President
1980 - 1981 Past President

LOCAL:

1972 -          Present Pima County Medical Society, Member
1987, 1989 - 1991 Board of Directors
1984 -          Present Chair, Bylaws Committee
1989 - 1991  Board of Mediation
1991 -          Chair, Board of Mediation

PUBLICATIONS

More than 60 peer-reviewed publications, four text books in Anesthesiology,
most recent "Clinical Monitoring: Practical Applications in Anesthesia and Critical Care", W.B. Saunders Co.

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

1987 - 2000
Journal of Clinical Monitoring
Editor, Clinical Controversy Section

1988 - Present
American Journal of Anesthesiology

1979 - 1983, 1997 - Present
Consultant: Anesthesiology

1982 - 1985
Chest

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